Leadership Team

Jay & Crystal Lotterer

Jay and Crystal Lotterer serves as senior leaders at Covenant Harvest Church. Jay is the senior pastor who has a strong Prophetic mantle as well as a local business owner. He has a unique grace to be a bridge of the Kingdom in both the church and marketplace. Crystal is one of our key administrators as well as a teacher in our school.

Both Jay and Crystal are graduates of Pittsburg State University and have strong family ties in our community. They have an exemplary family life as they are raising three wonderful children, Bailey, Ben, and Bethany.

Scott & Debbie Parish

Scott and Debbie Parish are an integral part of our leadership team at Covenant Harvest Church. The Parishes became a part of Covenant Harvest Church twelve years ago. Scott is an Elder who is a gifted teacher as well as a computer genius. He works in the computer department at Pittsburg State University. Debbie is the Assistant Principle and provides the leadership backbone of Covenant Academy. She is extremely gifted in all areas of child development and children’s work.

The Parishes have two growing boys, Avery and Nathaniel who keep them busy.

Scott & Gabrielle Squires

Scott and Gabrielle Squires are part of the Leadership Team at Covenant Harvest Church. Scott grew up in Covenant Harvest Church. He graduated from Covenant Academy. and later graduated from Northeast Missouri Bible College in Kirksville MO and from Pittsburg State University. Scott has a prophetic grace that strongly operates in his life. Scott also teaches at the school.

Gabrielle graduated from Pittsburg State University and currently help at Covenant Academy. They have five children Alexander, Quinn, Wren, Anastasia and Rowen who keep them very busy.

Obi & Andrea Nwagwu

Obi and Andrea Nwagwu provide the international flair for the leadership team at Covenant Harvest Church. Obi hails from Nigeria and came to Pittsburg as a young college student. He’s been a member of Covenant Harvest for 14 years. Obi completed his education at Pittsburg State University and now works as a nurse practioner when he’s not busy pastoring youth group kids and international students.

His wife, Andrea, grew up in the Pittsburg area, attended Covenant Harvest School, and then completed her business degree at PSU. Andrea serves on the worship team, teaches at the school as well as helping Obi with the youth group and international students. She also tries to keep up with their three young children, Henry, Adaora and Peter.

Doug & Denise Kreighbaum

Doug and Denise Kreighbaum served as senior leaders at Covenant Harvest Church. They have four daughters; Nicole, Katie, Kelsea and Abigail and five grandchildren. In this season, Doug and Denise have been released to the wider Coast to Coast Family to help equip and encourage. Doug and Denise will continue to serve as a Father and Mother into this house.

Doug is the author of two books and travels regularly to churches throughout North America and Europe strengthening church leaders and lay people alike. His passion to see the body of Christ become a glorious bride is infectious. He pastors with great compassion and boldness with keen Biblical insight while Denise offers wisdom and strength to women and teachers in the school.